Weird $2 Canadian Coin?
I found this strangely marked coin in my change and I’m wondering if this was a mint error or if someone has defaced this coin… here is an image of it:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e115/yarcofin/coinerror.jpg
On the back there is also a little bit of a curved clip on the core, but it doesn’t seem to be visible in this picture.
I’ve already checked this website http://members.allstream.net/~err/ but it doesn’t seem to be listed as a known error.
I know what a Toonie is, I’m Canadian…. I mean the perfectly round giant scratch on the front side.
It is indeed a canadian $2 coin its called a toonie
it looks allot like a toonie but if you have any doubts go to a bank and ask someone about it
It is not an error coin but one that has coin counter damage or someone did it. The damage was done outside the mint. There is a difference between an error coin and a damaged one, even if it was done at the mint, yours however was not. Damaged coins most of the time have no added value. A coin stuck in the chamber and struck a few times does have a little more value. Scratches and gouges as well as a few blocked letters from grease on the dies have no added value. I am not Canadian but collect Canadian colonial tokens. The U.S. and Canadian collectors use the same guide lines when it comes to coins.